Primary turnout low in Jersey County

Published
12:00 am CDT, Wednesday, March 19, 2014

JERSEYVILLE — Jersey County primary election voting wrapped up earlier than usual due to light voter turnout, the county clerk said Wednesday.

“It went really good; our election judges are getting quicker and quicker all the time,” Jersey County Clerk Stephen Pohlman said. “By 9 o’clock we were just finalizing our reports, all the staff left. I stayed with a tech person.”

Voter turnout was 12.2 percent.

“That’s less than usual. Normally we get about 18 percent,” Pohlman said.

While the election results came quickly, they were slow to be posted to the county clerk’s website. The data received is given to one person who inputs the information for the current website, jerseycountyclerk-il.com, which will change in the coming months. Final results showed up on the site around mid-afternoon Wednesday.

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Yes - 79

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